Trump Calls NYT Reporters 'Stone Cold Losers' in Midnight Rant Over 'Doctored' Doral Club Photo
Key Takeaways
- •Trump posted comparison photos on Truth Social twice on Monday, alleging the New York Times doctored an image of his Miami Doral resort to make it look dirty and old.
- •The New York Times photograph shows the building as off-white or cream-colored, with dirt and rust streaks running down its sides from the eaves.
- •The Times article, written by Peter Baker, focused on the ethics of Trump making money by hosting the G20 summit at his private country club, describing lines he did not cross during his first term.
- •None of Trump's posts addressed the summit or the story's ethics questions directly, as the exchange stayed fixed on the photograph and the paper's credibility.
- •Trump completed a multimillion-dollar revitalization of the Doral property in 2014 after acquiring it in 2012, and photos in an April PGA Tour article show the building in a color closer to the Times' depiction than to Trump's.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social twice on Monday to push back against New York Times coverage of his Doral country club, posting comparison photos — once in the afternoon and again shortly before midnight, after a midwestern rally.
The first post came Monday afternoon, when Trump alleged in a Truth Social post that the New York Times had “doctored” a photograph of Trump International Doral in Miami, Florida, to make the property look dirty and old — in his words, “shoddy, filthy, and just plain BAD.” He asserted that the resort is in fact bright white and pristine.
“This is what I have to deal with on a constant basis—Artificial News! The Times is a CROOKED outfit that caters to Lunatics who want to see our Country fail,” Trump wrote in the follow-up post. “Its numbers are way down due to lack of credibility, and this posting is just a small sample of what I have had to put up with, each and every day, for many years!”
The photograph used by the Times renders the building as off-white or cream-colored rather than white, with dirt and rust streaks running down its sides from the eaves.
The article, written by Peter Baker, focuses on the ethics of Trump making money by hosting the G20 summit — a gathering of leaders from the world’s major economies — at his private country club in Miami. It detailed how much Trump stands to profit from his time in the White House, crossing ethical lines he did not cross during his first term. Trump, however, seized on the photo of the club, and none of his posts addressed the summit or the story’s ethics questions directly: the exchange stayed fixed on the photograph and the paper’s credibility.
“Guys like Liddle’ Peter Baker, and Maggot HAGerman, are Third Rate Reporters, who I haven’t spoken to in years, but who write about me constantly, never fact checking, or caring, about whether or not their story is true,” Trump wrote. “Some day in the not too distant future The Times will be forced to close its dirty doors, and that will be a Great Day for America!”
“These people are STONE COLD LOSERS—Totally dishonest. That’s why they’re going TO HELL, and their subscription numbers are way down,” he added.
Buildings can look different depending on the time of day and year, and Trump’s photos show the property following a slick renovation, when everything appeared pristine. Trump completed the multimillion-dollar revitalization in 2014, two years after acquiring the property in 2012, adding hotel accommodations and luxury event spaces, according to his website and an April PGA Tour article.
Notably, the photos in the PGA article show the building in a color closer to the one in the New York Times report than to Trump’s photo — a third set of images readers can weigh against both versions.
This article was originally published on Alternet.